belief in one's own ability, a persona; estimate of success and worthiness

understanding of themselves, includes self-esteem and facts like gender and size

-optimistic about themselves
-longer attention span
-discovering purpose for what they do
-self-esteem and concentration are connected to motivation, cognition, and experience, all of which correlate with maturation but not caused by it.
-not afraid to try new things

guilt a more mature emotion than shame
-guilt is internalized- originates from within
-shame depends on other people (blame, ctiticism)
-shame at 2 and guilt at 5 signifies maturation during these years

an understanding of the feelings and concerns of others- not "sympathy". which is feeling sorry for someone

a dislike or even hatred of other people-more like disagreeing with someone

as they move from egocentrism and theory of mind, developing empathy, they do not always read emotions accurately
-takes maturity to correctly read tone, expression, body language
they sometimes have "too much" empathy- become too distressed to help